Amazon Web Services Inc. rolled out yet another large customer who decided to go all-in on their cloud infrastructure platform.
In a move announced today at AWS re:Invent, Wallbox Chargers SL, a leading provider of electric vehicle charging devices and management systems, today announced a design and manufacturing platform, device and grid management system, and customer-facing everything. said to move. Application to AWS.
Wallbox says that in doing so, it will be able to take advantage of numerous capabilities such as analytics, computing, databases, software containers and security to assist in the research, development, manufacturing and deployment of EV chargers and infrastructure. . The company believes that by moving to AWS, it will be able to provide better charging capabilities to its customers and feed surplus energy back into the grid, accelerating adoption of electric vehicles.
A key benefit of running everything on AWS, Wallbox said, is that it greatly improves operational efficiencies. In addition, he plans to use AWS services to enable better analytics and better customer service, the company said.
For example, Wallbox’s Pulsar Plus home compact charging system will be able to leverage Amazon EC2 Spot Instances and AWS Graviton Instances for more scalable and cost-effective computing power. The company says it believes it can reduce overall information technology infrastructure costs by up to 70% in this way.
The company also uses Amazon Kinesis to collect, process, and analyze real-time streaming data to continuously monitor the status of domestic and public EV chargers in 113 countries around the world. Using insights from that analysis, we’ll be able to adjust and optimize settings to provide faster, more efficient charging.
Finally, Wallbox says it will leverage Amazon’s machine learning services to assist its manufacturing operations. For example, you can identify potential mechanical failures on machines and schedule maintenance to prevent downtime. Other benefits for manufacturing operations include improved production forecasting and improved capacity planning.
CEO Enric Asuncion said the introduction of EVs is playing a key role in helping the world transition to renewable energy. It not only provides the underlying infrastructure needed to develop and deliver energy management solutions globally, but also the ability to open up new pathways to harness the flow of energy through the grid. ‘ he said.
Just one day ago, AWS scored another big customer win with the news that Descartes Labs Inc., a geospatial intelligence company, is moving its entire IT infrastructure to the cloud.
